Okay, the UK has pretty bad taste in games...

[CM30]

At least, this week, where Ocarina of Time 3D didn't take the top spot:

3 1 ZUMBA FITNESS PIPEWORKS 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
- 2 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
1 3 DUKE NUKEM FOREVER GEARBOX SOFTWARE 2K GAMES TAKE 2
2 4 L.A. NOIRE TEAM BONDI ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
7 5 BRINK SPLASH DAMAGE BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
5 6 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLER'S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
6 7 DIRT 3 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
4 8 INFAMOUS 2 SUCKER PUNCH SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- 9 DUNGEON SIEGE III OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
11 10 FIFA 11 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=161240

What the hell? How can a fitness game outsell Ocarina of Time 3D? Makes me almost ashamed of the poor taste of some of the gamers here... It's not even Wii Fit, which was apparently decent.

The Metro posted about it here:

http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/866921-casual-gaming-strikes-back-zumba-fitness-outsells-zelda-3ds-in-uk-games-charts

 

[Star Bright]

Some fitness games are actually decent, like you said, but I've never even heard of...
*checks title again*
Zumba Fitness?
I don't necessarily think it's a bad taste in games per se, maybe it's more of a different correlation (that I personally don't see just yet).

 

[kunino-sagiri]

It's not so much bad taste, more the proliferation of casual gamers who want a psuedo-keep fit game. Zumba Fitness has been in the top 10, and in and out of the top 3, ever since it came out.
Although as the article said, Ocarina of Time 3D still sold a substantial number of copies. It's just that the monstrosity that is Zumba Fitness sold more.

 

[ninjablooper]

I assume it has to do with the 3DS being newer than most other handhelds and systems.

 

[kunino-sagiri]

That will have a lot to do with it as well. There are simply not enough 3DS owners to buy Ocarina of Time. To be honest, these results are pretty good. For Ocarina of Time, this is just the sales from Saturday and Sunday (and any early releases), so 20% saturation is pretty damn good. And quite a lot of places are offering bundles, so that should encourage more people to buy 3DS's.